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单词 rapide
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rapiden.

Brit. /raˈpiːd/, U.S. /ræˈpid/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rapide.
Etymology: < French rapide (1888 or earlier in this sense), use as noun of rapide fast (see rapid adj.).
In France: a fast intercity train, an express.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > express or non-stop
express train1841
lightning express1844
express1848
limited express1860
rapide1868
limited1869
night express1877
non-stop1909
limited train1913
Blue Train1922
rapido1939
1868 C. P. Roney Rambles on Railways iv. 112 The ‘Rapide’, the night mail train from Paris to Marseilles, completes 537 miles in 15 hours 45 minutes.
1893 Century Mar. 652/2 From Marseilles to Avignon, by the rapide, the journey is made in precisely two hours.
1904 A. E. W. Mason Truants i. 14 No ‘Rapide’ passed from France on its way to Italy during his leisure hours.
1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xxi. 288 She had lost the rapide from Cannes, the only train she knew of.
1946 G. Millar Horned Pigeon xix. 306 They only appeared to be stopping passengers who were catching the rapide for Marseilles.
1979 Business Traveller Mar.–Apr. 60/1 The landing..took us within 50 yards of the connecting ‘rapide’.
1991 A. Myers Murder at Masque viii. 172 The Nice Express rapide was pulling in.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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